Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-19


green hands except the leSder, who seem
! cd to understand bis business pretty
well. Sheriff SeGpp Of this county Gnd
| also Sheriff Townsend OF Colorado are
] here ana are m2kjDg every effort in their
/ power 70 set some cue - U.s. uerHet.a-
tors
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
. Special 20 the Gazette.
HOUSTON. TEX., June lS.-The arrival
this morning Of the o'clock east bound
| express sac passenger train on the
| Southern Pacific Railroad brought the
/ news Of 2 train robbery which for clear
/ ness ofccuCepttCn and bClincss Of execu-
JiOn IS the counterpart of.tLe most daring
! piece OF EighWsY work that mss ever &C.
Cured IL the west. The fullest and 1T
, the same time the mOsc satisfactory and
! Ineligible account OF the affair is hest
| obtained by relating in g connected way
what w&s gathered from tne train men
/ and passengers, and then by giving the
| expires sion OF individuals.
/ As the train was pulling out from Fla
| touia, $50 miles west OF this city, az u 80
| O'Clock this morning, two men mounted
| the engine and, With drawn reviewers,
| ordered tHe engineer TO pull out tester.
| The engineer, Ben Pickee, in the face Of
/ such persuasive argument, did as he was
! ordered It j lively rate. When about
I three miles from FlatCDia, the ROBBERS
J ordered the engineer to stop. When the
, train had slowed UP il was found .hq. tn
| engine VAS standing on trestle over a
creek or ravine. the engineer
| was then told to pull ~
so That me engine aud express car should
/ re on the emJsnkmeut, while the pss5eu-
/ ger coaches We're left GU the trestle
| This was the spot which had been Sc
I lected for the robbery, ss bright camp
( fire vas burning 8 short distance from
/ the track, around which were grouped
! The mysterious moving figures Of ten or
4 dozen stsiNart men. The engineer and
fireman were then taken off the engine
and placed under q guard Of four men.
| The yes. Of he robbers crowded around
I the combination end express car end de.
nauded thsC the door DE opened. In
the meantime the express messenger, NJ
Z. FOlgeT, ri Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Express,
hsd not been IDLE, but bad been busp con
cesllrg what yaiuaoles le could. Whcu
the train first stopped over the trestie the
conductor, j. X. Lyons, put mis- head out
of the window Of the car nearest the
engine, sHd calling 10 Inc engineer
enquirsd wbag was the matter. The
engineer replied that ne was In the hands
Of robbers, and thar they had ordered
the train stopped. Conductor Ivcus s.
oIc5 notified the p2sseDg re in the da,
coach thst the train
WAS BHING ROBBED,
and that they mad better SGcCete what they
could, and he at the same time set good
eXsmple by hiding SO N bills under two
81 the seats. taking care &C. leave s. in his
pocket IS blind. When The robbers
demanded entrance to the express car
Messenger FOlger 81 first refused TO
open the door, but Gfter holding d con
sultation with BagGagemaster Hart, he
concluded that discretion was the better
part of valor and opened the door. The
robbers then jumped in the car
with drawn revolvers and com
manGed that the safe be opened.
The messenger was somewhat dila-
tory about complying, when one of
the robbers commenced to belabor him +.
over the head with 4 six. shooter This |
he'd the desired effect, and the robbers (
proceeded to appropriate what valuables |
were in the safe. While they were going /
through the safe the express messenger /
attempted resistance, when he was
q
9nd knocked seDselesS, aud they then
PROCEEDED WITH THEIR WORK
urm0lestcd After the safe had been
finished they turned their attention
to the mail pouches. On this
train there is no locel dlstribu-
ton OF mail matter, and consequently
10 mail agent, but through pouches are
carried. and they are in charge of the
beggsgemsster. The robbers cut the
pouches and took what they wanted, but
il is not thought they got any valuable
letters, as no registered mail was on this
train at ali. The robbers then proceeded
to the day car and with presented re-
volvers ordered every body 70 throw up
his hands. it is useless to say that every
Oody's hands went up, including the con-
1uCtor's, who was in the car. Their
method of procedure was to place two /
armed men
AT EACH END
)f the car while the man whom the rest
addressed as Captain" and another
went through the car and robbed the pas
engers. Ia the day car the first man
It whose head the captain presented q
locked revolver and told him to give up
what money he hsd Was J. H Mitchell of
tombstone, A. T. Mr. Mitchell had
previously secreted $500 under the seat S
nd handed over $40. The robbers then c
vent through p. a. Maroux of San 7
francisco, Cal, who gave up SO, but r
aved SlG0, which he had concealed r
When the conductor gave the alarm. Den :
sweeney of MERGED, Cal. next contributed :
10 and saved $50. Waiter Gregory of
ian Antonio was then called upon to add +
o the booty and he handed over aII he =
sd, $50. The ROBBERS asked him if that y
7as all he had and being informed that it -
Tas, they handed him back 81 80 gold 7
iece and passed to the next man, who
7as drummer from New York, L. Las 7
er. Mr.. Lasker gave up 81, but saved =
yer 500 by putting it in his shoe. A :
assenger in the car whose name is not y
noWD, but who got eff at Gidden, was n
obbed of 8 fine gold watch and !,
lain. The conductor was also coralled =
/ this car, but the robbers got only =
bout SIS from him, ne having previously :,
OnCealed his money. :,
The robbers then adjourned 10 the .
ullmen sleeper, but IS the lights were
u out and the door was on the side of p.
lie car instead of in the center es is gen +
rally the case, they could not obtain an r
ltrance. Supposing it was locked, they U
the conductor to unlock i. :.
UNDER PAIN OF INSTANT DEATH. -
e protested that he had no key y
the door, and that the porter \